caa a22 4500 388083956 CHVBK 20180307125225.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199906 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S002221510014441X doi S002221510014441X pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S002221510014441X Laser-turbinectomy: long-term results [Elektronische Daten] Hypertrophy of the inferior turbinates is a common cause of nasal obstruction. Many cases respond to medical treatment with topical steroids or antihistamines. In some patients, however, this therapy is not sufficient and through the years many surgical procedures have been used to reduce the size of the inferior turbinates, but without any satisfactory long-term results. Furthermore, these procedures have often been painful to the patient and post-operative complications such as bleeding and crusting have not been uncommon. However, instead of conventional surgery of the turbinates, laser-surgery can be used to reduce their size. In order to investigate the long-term effect of such gross reduction of the turbinates we investigated the post-operative condition of 78 patients who had undergone CO2-laser-turbinectomy due to symptoms of nasal obstruction. Twenty-four to 36 months post-operatively three quarters of all the patients reported a marked decrease in nasal obstruction as well as a reduced frequency of nasal and sinus infections. No complications were reported and the procedure was without any discomfort to the patient. Thus, laser-turbinectomy seems to be an effective, simple and painless method for treatment of nasal obstruction due to hypertrophy of the inferior turbinates. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999 Laser surgery nationallicence Nasal obstruction nationallicence Turbinates nationallicence Surgery, operative nationallicence Lagerholm Sven Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Ystad Hospital, Ystad, Sweden. Harsten Göran Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Ystad Hospital, Ystad, Sweden. Emgård Per Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Ystad Hospital, Ystad, Sweden. Olsson Bengt Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Ystad Hospital, Ystad, Sweden. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/6(1999-06), 529-531 0022-2151 113:6<529 1999 113 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S002221510014441X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S002221510014441X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lagerholm Sven Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Ystad Hospital, Ystad, Sweden NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Harsten Göran Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Ystad Hospital, Ystad, Sweden NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Emgård Per Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Ystad Hospital, Ystad, Sweden NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Olsson Bengt Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Ystad Hospital, Ystad, Sweden NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/6(1999-06), 529-531 0022-2151 113:6<529 1999 113 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge